Nats president Stan Kasten said that the trip he and ownership took to Southern California last week convinced them Strasburg wanted to pitch soon, his “ultra-ultra competitiveness” had him tired of sitting around the house. I don’t know if we will see him this year since he’s had such a long layoff. The signing was announced at 11:58:43 which led Kasten to say “People thought it would take until the last minute. We didn’t even need that last minute.” Well played, Stan, well played. GM Mike Rizzo was said to lead the negotiations for Washington.

Uber agent Scott Boras has got to be pretty pleased with himself as well. He did not get the $50 million he had floated out there, but he got his client a $7.5 million bonus and did not sell any arbitration years which could be huge for Strasburg. Kasten also said Boras was good to work with this time around.

Strasburg is expected in D.C. in a few days, perhaps Wednesday night’s game could be good news for Fritz, who has tickets that night.

Teh PLAN lives 1!!!!!1!

Thom Loverro: The Strasburg era arrives, for now – The Wash. TimesThere goves Loverro, being a wet blanket by pointing out things that could happen like elbow surgery, etc. no Thom, Strasburg’s going to awesome and throw several no-hitters every year. Take it to the bank!